AI + Payments Landscape - The industry observes a rapid development in AI + payments, similar to the earlier crypto x AI developments, involving Neo banks, stablecoins & DeFi [1] - The industry identifies hundreds of protocols within this vertical, supported by substantial capital [1] - Institutional capital is being heavily invested in creating the next generation of payment systems [1] Disruption of Traditional Finance - Incumbent financial systems face disintermediation due to their cumbersome and expensive international transaction processes [2] - Traditional payment rails are compelled to adopt new technologies to avoid being displaced [2] - Enhanced payment rails integrated with physical AI will enable robots to integrate into general society in the long term [2] Key Players and Initiatives - Tether is developing a Wallet Dev Kit + Plasma (XPL) [3] - Visa is building "Intelligent Commerce" for AI Agents to shop for users [3] - Mastercard announced Agent Pay, a VISA rival, within 2 days of VISA [3] - Coinbase is involved with x402 (HTTPS & payments) [3] - Circle's partnership with Coinbase will benefit from the downstream effects of x402 [3] - Cloudflare is developing NET Dollar, specifically an AI Agents focused stablecoin for compute [3] - Tria is a Neo Bank leveraging AI for optimal swapping using "Best Path" [3] - Revolut acquired AI travel agent startup "Swifty" incubated by Lufthansa [3] - Almanak offers autonomous liquidity vaults for stablecoin yield optimization and Pendle strategies [3] - Giza provides autonomous stablecoin strategies + Pendle [3]

X402 Protocol Overview - X402 协议旨在实现链上支付，被誉为“支付模型上下文协议 (MCP)”，使代理能够与真实世界数据交互并进行交易 [1] - Coinbase 收购 Echo 凸显了其在 AI 代理领域的重要性，可能比其他项目更具潜力 [1] Backers and Partnerships - Coinbase 和 Cloudflare 是 X402 的支持者，预计该协议将在 Base 上活跃，并支持跨链操作 (Solana, Polygon, Near 等) [1] - GoKiteAI 与 Brevis 合作，利用 X402 协议增强代理支付的隐私性 [2] - Cloudflare Agents SDK + Google A2A 支付协议也与 X402 相关 [2] Relevant Protocols and Tokens - 与 X402 相关的协议包括 @pingobserver, @heurist_ai, @virtuals_io, @questflow, @AnchorBrowser, @PayAINetwork [3] - 与 X402 相关的代币包括 $DREAM, $SANTA, $GLORIA, $AURA (均为 Virtuals 代币) [3] Stablecoin and Neo Banks - Circle 与 Coinbase 保持合作关系，USDC 稳定币可能成为代理交易的首选 [4] - Tether 推出钱包开发工具包，预计将出现数万亿个钱包，主要用于 AI 代理 [4] - useTria 与多个 AI 协议以及 Billions 合作，为支付提供 zkKYC 隐私保护 [4] - Visa 和 Mastercard 几个月前宣布了 AI 代理计划，并正在推出支持数万亿交易的基础设施 [4] Market Predictions and Insights - A16zcrypto 报告预测到 2030 年，AI 代理的自主交易价值将达到 30 trillion 美元 [1][5] - RibbitCapital 认为 AI 系统将成为经济参与者，进行收入和支出 [5] - Stripe 和 PayOS 等公司将在为代理构建基础设施方面获得巨大价值 [5] - 稳定币和可编程货币将被人类和代理用于支付和资产管理 [5] - AI 代理支付将成为自主实体新的金融轨道 [5]

RT s4mmy (@S4mmyEth)I'm being asked what x402 is, so here's why you should care:a) Background:- The x402 protocol enables agents to make payments onchain@a16zcrypto 2025 "State of Crypto" Report specifically mentioned x402 in the context of agentic payments, which is anticipated to hit $30 trillion in autonomous txs value by 2030- It's dubbed the "Payments MCP" [Model Context Protocol];I'll link my MCP article below so you have an understanding, but the "quick and nasty" is that MCP enables agents to intera ...

RT s4mmy (@S4mmyEth)I'm being asked what x402 is, so here's why you should care:a) Background:- The x402 protocol enables agents to make payments onchain@a16zcrypto 2025 "State of Crypto" Report specifically mentioned x402 in the context of agentic payments, which is anticipated to hit $30 trillion in autonomous txs value by 2030- It's dubbed the "Payments MCP" [Model Context Protocol];I'll link my MCP article below so you have an understanding, but the "quick and nasty" is that MCP enables agents to intera ...

RT s4mmy (@S4mmyEth)I'm being asked what x402 is, so here's why you should care:a) Background:- The x402 protocol enables agents to make payments onchain@a16zcrypto 2025 "State of Crypto" Report specifically mentioned x402 in the context of agentic payments, which is anticipated to hit $30 trillion in autonomous txs value by 2030- It's dubbed the "Payments MCP" [Model Context Protocol];I'll link my MCP article below so you have an understanding, but the "quick and nasty" is that MCP enables agents to intera ...

X402 Protocol & AI Agent Payments - X402 协议旨在实现链上支付，预计到 2030 年自主交易额将达到 30 trillion 美元 [1] - Coinbase 收购 Echo 预示着 Coinbase 在 AI Agent 领域的布局，其重要性远超预期 [1] - Cloudflare Agents SDK + Google A2A 支付协议正在推进 AI Agent 支付的发展 [2] Key Players & Partnerships - GoKiteAI 与 brevis_zk 合作，利用 x402 协议实现支付隐私 [2] - Virtuals 生态系统中的多个 agent 正在使用 x402 协议 [1] - PayPal Ventures 领投 Kite AI 的 18 million 美元 A 轮融资，或将推动 PyUSD 在 agentic stablecoin 中的应用 [5] Market Trends & Insights - Circle 与 Coinbase 保持合作关系，USDC 稳定币可能成为 AI Agent 支付的首选 [4] - Neo Banks 正在为 AI Agent 支付做准备，Tether 推出钱包开发工具包，预计将有数 trillion 钱包 [4] - Visa 和 Mastercard 几个月前宣布了他们的 AI Agent 计划，并正在为数 trillion 交易推出基础设施 [4] - a16zcrypto 报告指出，AI Agent 支付预计到 2030 年将达到 30 trillion 美元 [1][5]

X402 Protocol Overview - X402 协议旨在实现链上支付，被誉为“支付模型上下文协议 (MCP)”，使代理能够与真实世界数据交互并进行交易 [1] - Coinbase 收购 Echo 凸显了其在 AI 代理领域的重要性，可能比其他项目更具潜力 [1] Backers and Partnerships - Coinbase 和 Cloudflare 是 X402 的支持者，预计该协议将在 Base 上活跃，并支持跨链操作 (Solana, Polygon, Near 等) [1] - GoKiteAI 与 Brevis 合作，利用 X402 协议增强代理支付的隐私性 [2] - Cloudflare Agents SDK + Google A2A 支付协议也与 X402 相关 [2] Relevant Protocols and Tokens - 与 X402 相关的协议包括 @pingobserver, @heurist_ai, @virtuals_io, @questflow, @AnchorBrowser, @PayAINetwork [3] - 与 X402 相关的代币包括 $DREAM, $SANTA, $GLORIA, $AURA (均为 Virtuals 代币) [3] Stablecoin and Neo Banks - Circle 与 Coinbase 保持合作关系，USDC 稳定币可能成为代理交易的首选 [4] - Tether 推出钱包开发工具包，预计将出现数万亿个钱包，主要用于 AI 代理 [4] - useTria 与多个 AI 协议以及 Billions 合作，为支付提供 zkKYC 隐私保护 [4] - Visa 和 Mastercard 几个月前宣布了 AI 代理计划，并正在推出支持数万亿交易的基础设施 [4] Market Predictions and Insights - A16zcrypto 报告预测到 2030 年，AI 代理的自主交易价值将达到 30 trillion 美元 [1][5] - RibbitCapital 认为 AI 系统将成为经济参与者，进行收入和支出 [5] - Stripe 和 PayOS 等公司将在为代理构建基础设施方面获得巨大价值 [5] - 稳定币和可编程货币将被人类和代理用于支付和资产管理 [5] - AI 代理支付将成为自主实体新的金融轨道 [5]

RT s4mmy (@S4mmyEth)It's been an eventful week as the CSGO skins market falls into turmoil, Echo is acquired by Coinbase, CZ is pardoned and @a16zcrypto releases its 2025 "State of Crypto" report:"Crypto may be the only viable payment rails for AI Agents...Gartner estimates that by 2030, $30 trillion in purchases will be made or influenced by AI Agents"Keep an eye on those emerging Neo Banks and the associated integration of AI for payments... x402 season?Here's the DeAI roundup since Monday:- @GoKiteAI (to ...

@a16zcrypto One of the @RibbitCapital "Token Letter" 2025 segment on AI Agents https://t.co/GBGCvKZZtS ...

I'm being asked what x402 is, so here's why you should care:a) Background:- The x402 protocol enables agents to make payments onchain@a16zcrypto 2025 "State of Crypto" Report specifically mentioned x402 in the context of agentic payments, which is anticipated to hit $30 trillion in autonomous txs value by 2030- It's dubbed the "Payments MCP" [Model Context Protocol];I'll link my MCP article below so you have an understanding, but the "quick and nasty" is that MCP enables agents to interact with real world d ...